Ive beena fanofThe Great Suspenderextension for years.
This change was supposedly to make it enable new screenshot functionality, but that was unclear.
They continued:
On November 6th, @lucasdf discovered a smoking gun that the new maintainer is malicious.
Although OpenWebAnalytics is a real software, it does not provide the files executed by the extension.
Those are hosted on the unrelated site owebanalytics.com, which turns out to be immensely suspicious.
Most importantly, the minified javascript differs significantly from that distributed by the OWA project.
An organized surfing app is a happy surfing app.
After you uninstall The Great Suspender,dont searchthe Chrome Web Store for alternatives.
It seems like plenty of people are launching their own variants nowadays, but how trustworthy are they?
Id stick to some alternatives that people have already been usingand presumably, vetting.
I recommended checking outthis forkof The Great Suspender that removes any and all of its tracking.
But do you need The Great Suspender at all?
As I mentioned, your modern-day surfing app alreadyprobably does a decent jobof resource management for inactive tabs.
If youre on Chrome, for example,Tab Freezeis already built into your net internet ride by default.
And if you only want a replacement for The Great Suspender, there areotherextensionsthat perform similarly.
Whatever your choice, its time to officially say goodbye to The Great Suspender.
It served us well for years, butno king rules forever.
